第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Cathy Martin is a hurricane hunter with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For six months each year, she is part of a team that collects 61. she describes as “vital data, to save life and property. ”
When winds pick up, 62. (spin) toward the Caribbean and U. S. coastline, Martin and 63. (she) flight team spring into action.
They use instruments called dropsondes, which 64. (set) free from a tube at the back of the plane. As a dropsonde makes its 10, 000-foot landing into the sea, it sends out information about air temperature, pressure, humidity, and the speed and 65. (direct) of the wind.
On an eight-hour flight, Martin’s team 66. (typical) drops 15 to 20 dropsondes while flying from one side of the storm 67. the other, trying to cover as much ground as possible. They head for the center (or eye) of the storm, 68. there’s no wind, and also search for the strongest winds, to help people on the coast prepare for what’s coming. Sometimes, they will use an unmanned aircraft 69. (gather) data closer to the ocean’s surface.
Though these flights can be long and 70. (tire), and often last several days in a row, Martin likes her job and wishes she could fly every day.
第二节 语法填空
【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章讲述了国家海洋和大气管理局的Cathy Martin的工作流程以及她对工作的热爱。
【答案解析】
61. 【解析】what。考查宾语从句。分析句子结构可知在collects之后的宾语从句中, 缺少describes的宾语, 故填入what。
62. 【解析】spinning。考查非谓语动词。根据句意“当起风时, 风快速旋转朝着加勒比海以及美国沿海方向”可知spin的逻辑主语为winds, 故用v. -ing形式作伴随状语。
63. 【解析】her。考查代词。根据后面的名词team可知填所给词的形容词性物主代词。
64. 【解析】are set。考查语态。根据句意“他们使用被称之为“dropsondes”的仪器, 这些仪器是在飞机的后部被放下去的”可知dropsondes和set free之间为被动关系。
65. 【解析】direction。考查名词。根据句意“dropsonde会发回关于空气的温度, 气压, 湿度以及风速和风向的信息”可知用名词。
66. 【解析】typically。考查副词。修饰谓语动词用副词。
67. 【解析】to。考查介词。根据句意以及介词from可知考查from. . . to. . . 结构。
68. 【解析】where。考查定语从句。根据句意“它们朝着暴雨的中心方向飞去, 在这里没有风”可知定语从句修饰先行词the center, 故用关系副词, 在从句中作地点状语。
69. 【解析】to gather。考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知使用无人飞机的目的是搜集数据。用不定式表目的。
70. 【解析】tiring。考查形容词。根据前面的long以及在句中应作的成分可知用形容词作表语, 修饰主语flights。
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Cathy Martin is a hurricane hunter with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For six months each year, she is part of a team that collects 61. she describes as “vital data, to save life and property. ”
When winds pick up, 62. (spin) toward the Caribbean and U. S. coastline, Martin and 63. (she) flight team spring into action.
They use instruments called dropsondes, which 64. (set) free from a tube at the back of the plane. As a dropsonde makes its 10, 000-foot landing into the sea, it sends out information about air temperature, pressure, humidity, and the speed and 65. (direct) of the wind.
On an eight-hour flight, Martin’s team 66. (typical) drops 15 to 20 dropsondes while flying from one side of the storm 67. the other, trying to cover as much ground as possible. They head for the center (or eye) of the storm, 68. there’s no wind, and also search for the strongest winds, to help people on the coast prepare for what’s coming. Sometimes, they will use an unmanned aircraft 69. (gather) data closer to the ocean’s surface.
Though these flights can be long and 70. (tire), and often last several days in a row, Martin likes her job and wishes she could fly every day.
第二节 语法填空
【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章讲述了国家海洋和大气管理局的Cathy Martin的工作流程以及她对工作的热爱。
【答案解析】
61. 【解析】what。考查宾语从句。分析句子结构可知在collects之后的宾语从句中, 缺少describes的宾语, 故填入what。
62. 【解析】spinning。考查非谓语动词。根据句意“当起风时, 风快速旋转朝着加勒比海以及美国沿海方向”可知spin的逻辑主语为winds, 故用v. -ing形式作伴随状语。
63. 【解析】her。考查代词。根据后面的名词team可知填所给词的形容词性物主代词。
64. 【解析】are set。考查语态。根据句意“他们使用被称之为“dropsondes”的仪器, 这些仪器是在飞机的后部被放下去的”可知dropsondes和set free之间为被动关系。
65. 【解析】direction。考查名词。根据句意“dropsonde会发回关于空气的温度, 气压, 湿度以及风速和风向的信息”可知用名词。
66. 【解析】typically。考查副词。修饰谓语动词用副词。
67. 【解析】to。考查介词。根据句意以及介词from可知考查from. . . to. . . 结构。
68. 【解析】where。考查定语从句。根据句意“它们朝着暴雨的中心方向飞去, 在这里没有风”可知定语从句修饰先行词the center, 故用关系副词, 在从句中作地点状语。
69. 【解析】to gather。考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知使用无人飞机的目的是搜集数据。用不定式表目的。
70. 【解析】tiring。考查形容词。根据前面的long以及在句中应作的成分可知用形容词作表语, 修饰主语flights。
